The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-28

81. |1|IIIH = ANlIHN 10 IL ALlr n tleL
flreniHr 81 beams through the branehe
~ fi,e trees. and one little fas, as golden
= he fhsuehts. rHinkled before thi
eauire's csc. With q sound midway be
iscrr . chlckif and az exclamation o.
diagIzs. ciias Harvey eievzfed his pape
r. shuf or fie suabaan. and a. he did 81
- e5as fel upou the following adveT
tisemeut.
SLEEE CHEsuEzE MzuEG CoHrAsT.-O.
a. elr-r Crescent Hinss, situated On the
dlaEl ~ - Salifl River. Nevada
-taet iIaslEg 3 10 ~ PER CAT. annually q
. "a. II.|lI.r
II si.aaas q lifetime, Only a fen
lllrc siilraa eff
arss 2 s-eretary s C Mining Co, Bo,
~ A1E 4orE
HIN. mutiered the squire, as he re
read ihe adFc-fi1euent Thea the sup
Par lei broke IN upon his meditations.
BE- I'D down the paper ald entered The
toase
1fier E1pper- h0EeFeT, the Squire, II
= ven Agreeable frame 81 mind, picked
~ thr l1rfr once more, and with pen
= made some calculations with which he
ans apparently saiisfed. .or he nodded
1-s hesd u Ar zpps5rlng manner. Agsin
and again he scld the seductive adrer-
tisameuf. bis bsaia busy with figures
1ciorl - zriiErd tha; niglIf, cheek for
tso florsaud deilars had been made out
70 lie Secretary Of the Silver Crescent
Gini1e Compsny.
Ellas Harvey MAS undeubie'7i7 the lead.
ing spirit q koFiA5ro9k II Was not 8
ve-F progressive place, in fact il va.
rs.tieF behind the age. bun the towns
people preferred 70 follow the SLOW but
an, gliiiiauoe II the good man, who va,
decidedly conserFaiiFe IN Hsany matters,
rerler ttan t1e aggressive spirits who
IIruF.azrl GO, pafrnt sewerage and re.
form. fostg .dEe Fears before. the Squire
had oqlle 70 ne Fiilage poor and unknown
l1i = % ga -hesliiireness, which he had
noE ouersrr. had won him .
plaoc a tie esteem Of The farmer for
shou g. worked aud enslly be married
silc farmers daaeiaer. On the death Of
RS flthfr-in-laH. s'lose many acres were
scdad - his small ll1t Of ground, Siias
Harvey arrived % The prosperous period
" ~ If. fFam Ehich point Ae con
iiaazd 40 aizauoe until he held the posi-
fio1 81 f1Et nan IN Tie county. Bat no
40 szssesllsGfliee. tEisa.e sisES neE. and LIZ
resi f. Fofni ai3ial 70 tiie rising genera-
tea AsJustice u the Peans he presided
o9er Tia. q ifare Of die village. and no
lddee Flcae1 Nsfh q sierner eye the
shIitirasucss Il an individual. and woe To
the un-laTpg mortal Eho came before him
charged eI.h saeraney Or theft. ON the
ollie hanl he Ni=s lezicnt 10 the very IN
fsrtpnale, aud many a weak, erring man
% Sou.an received The kiadesf attention
Is be banas. blessing the fate that threw
then iHio liz path Of Siias Harvey.
4 nrl1eE q LIS. a partner 10 -four
lshing bantiag house had spent few
sssrks q tie snaimer vacation at North
igaak. aad from him she Squire heard Of
III deinRs Of the siock-Inarket- The
grzne Inan gave glowing acc0anfs Of the
1aTIlae. uIslc IN tLe d Street But Of
lie maay sho lose their ali this nephew
did naf tell Why uid hel There is
ac necd - spoil 8 pleasant little story
by iutroduciBg 1nplcasanf features that
Elics, a. sell remain IN the back ground.
The yuupr man did ncf dream cf plant
ilg u flif heari n hit interesting listen
G. fhe desire for speculation, and though
ihr hqairr did Dot o1er 70 invest any
moneF Ia thai Say. he formed his own
opinions on the subject. when his
nepheE had retained 10 the city silas
HarEeg anKiousig scanned the papers FOR
ar iioufiortauifr. "A man 10 make
EoDey mas EEtch his Interests himself
and 400 leave II 70 any ono else, " said
fhr squire aId. 10 the simplicity Of his
hear. he resolved 70 Do q lftle specula-
sion 90 his Own account he had read
fhe adrcrfisemenf-fhe opportunity had
come and the Squire sfraighfway en-
ilraccd ii-bence the check.
A lev days later he received an ac-
ilnsEielg u1erf Il the check fer two thou
sazd dollars from New York and the let
ter closed Hifh the catering informa-
tisn .haf - q meeting Of .he directors Of
.lle :. C. Mining COMPANY. silas Harvey.
Eso.. had been elected 70 an vacancy in
tn bozri, and il N. hoped that NJ
Harseg uouid XN.z5,company the
p.iviieFr q using etc This
blessed he genfler'-s beEoBd measure
sud be 3ayfIiiF accepted the position.
A. 80 his duties As s director he MAS some
r'hat 10 the dark. for the letter made no
nsautioa az them. When Re sar his name
n rri-f beading fhe Isl offrusfees Of the
eilEcr CresreEt Mining Co. he felt fhai
perhaps hc had lost somewhat by not
uiprling NOR freely with the outside
uorIc lrhere he would have had An op-
q q. ~. s-I..-.ta .. --r-.+ -.
adrantaec. For some reason or other the
r C. Nining Go. did not pay the ex-
pected diridend a. lie end q the quar-
fer. but i ras explained 50 him BY a
ccu-tsous ietfer that al the funds had
i,oe1 inEe.tcd IN improvements for the
mine. shich would eventually yield three
Sod fho amouBf originally put into H. SO
IL -4iiirc Vas thoroughly cQntented.
I.ilureli1g oFef his ability aud judgment.
Othrr things esgrossed his atfenfion.
naEcseT. and ns ths weeks pissed By he
aimcst forgut bis investment A resolu-
fion fo1 Tie Introduction Of some new
system Els before the Board Of Eduea-
iinn. q which The Squire MAS 3 member,
anc n or3er 70 msiutain his reputation
forconscrr afism, be felt bound &c oppose
iL 81 b. - 70 Eork 70 prepare seaih-
irFo11demnzfiou q the resolution where
y b. hopcd 20 sgaeich Il n the meeting.
The daF ca1c. nnd the Squiie. full Of
IL speeeh. a-rivod q little tate As be
catered Tie hal. b. noticed that iEO
atrsngs men stood near The entrance. and.
- passing. b. heard enc q them whisper
% the othcrs There gocs the old hypo-
crstr II il "a; 5 rcTy pleasant thing to
b-ar some nne designated Is hypocrife,
especially Eheu you believe that the
s-rn refcTs % yourself Buf. paying no
aiteufier - fhe renark, the Squire bur
rlcils PISSED 70 the platform. where.
E.ler cIeniuE tn meeting. he proposed
o. 1fliFe his addreEs
The Char LEGS leave 70 make few
rrmeris. BE- bcsan. sud then waited r.
orsar zflaf The Nnrds might have the de
ard esscf He hnf learned the phrase